Chapter 202A

Section 202A.135

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202A.135 Leave time from employment; party officers; delegates to party conventions.

If an employee gives at least ten days' written notice to
the employer, the employee may be absent from work to attend any
meeting of the state central committee or executive committee of
a major political party if the employee is a member of the
committee, or may attend any convention of major political party
delegates including meetings of official convention committees
if the employee is a delegate or alternate delegate to that
convention. An employee who gives proper notice as provided in
this section shall suffer no penalty or deduction from salary or
wages on account of absence other than a deduction in salary or
wages for the actual time of absence from employment. A
violation of this section by an employer is a misdemeanor.